If money is your god, then no-one else can be.
anonionfinelyminced
joined 2 years ago
Another few months and we'll have beaten it for 2024 too!
I'm with you OP. All of this controversy the last couple of months not only sent me to decentralized social media, but finally made me pull the trigger on FOSS hosting projects. Currently working on selfhosted cloud storage for photos and documents. I already have my phone's camera backing up to a RaspberryPi server in my living room, instead of to Google Photos.
The end goal is to decouple as completely as I can from Google - and the spider's web of interconnected and interdependent online services - to something that I own (or at least have a measure of control over).
The downside is that it's been a long time since I was in the server game. The learning curve is more like a vertical cliff face.
One thing Disney is known for is relentless legal pursuit of IP theft. Oh, and cartoon movies. Sometimes they do that too.
Tuskens finally take revenge for Anakin's attack, Ben sees his opportunity and blames it on Stormtroopers, Luke wipes out the Empire based on a false flag.
"Oh? There's no way that the audience will believe that, the jacked, 6-ft-5 guy with the shaved head and dark tan is Rupert, a junior accountant with a troubled small firm? Fine, put some glasses on him and make him drop a folder full of papers during Scene 1."
Withings Scanwatch is cross-platform. No need for a branded device to use it, does all the usual tracking stuff plus afib detection. One of the reasons I chose it was that it looks like a watch and not a toy. Also, depending on how you use it, it can go for days between charges. Most of the similar "brand locked" devices seem to only go 1 or 2 days max.
I can't say I agree with the potty talk, but the man makes some good points, I tell you hwaht.
The original idea for Youtube was "make your own tv shows" so it wasn't really intended for highbrow entertainment, infotainment, etc. Then they started promoting videos that were longer format, so the "watch my sister go splat trying to jump in the pool" videos got replaced by how-tos, unboxing, and explainers. Then tiktok came along and Youtube is trying to turn itself into "watch my sister go splat in 60 seconds or less."
It's sad that with the concentration of developers and creatives at their disposal -- not to mention the financial resources -- they can't innovate something beyond tiktok. Instead of tagging along after a trend and wind up looking like an old geezer dressing up like a 16 year old.
Why u give pen skritchies to tablet? Kitty wants pen skritchies!
aww. I miss Allie. I hope she's doing good.
guesstimates the number of people between CA and my house
Whew! I think I'm safe